دور مهنة عمارة البيئة في إعداد الأمكنة الخارجية المفتوحة

الملخص EN

The paper discusses three issues: first, the characteristics of outdoor places conceptually, and its relation with the meaning of environmental word generally and with the natural and built environments particularly.

Second, the possibility to formulate a special independent name for the professional field that is interested in the preparation of outdoor places, for example; (site arrangement, landscape architecture, environmental architecture, external open places design architecture, or the exterior design architecture); the attempt is to emphasize that selected name is a unique and specific for the field as possible.

Third, explanation for the responsibility of the professionals who design these places, and searching for the range of interface with his role by other professionals such as planners, architects, urban designers, environmental designers, urban planners, and agricultural engineers.

The work starts by highlighting the concepts of natural and built environment (open areas between and around buildings in settlements) to define the characteristics of its level and scales as well as the type of its preparation in Arab countries, there’s no fixed name for the filed which deals with the preparation of outdoor places.

Hence, this work discusses the different contributions that can formulate the names which can better express this field.

It starts from the English term landscape as a common name for this profession field, and then it investigates the range of terms that can be used to describe the field, in order to reach the best one.

Terms include landscape architecture, architecture for the environment, and the environmental architecture.

The paper examines three aspects: 1.

Using the English term “landscape” as it is, without translation, to express the field.

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Using the Arabic translation for the term “landscape architecture” to be “site arrangement”, which is commonly used in most of Arab countries.

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Using the term “environmental architecture” to be the Arabic translation for the field that comprises the preparation of outdoor places, keep the English term “landscape architecture” as it is for English use.The paper presents two questions about the role of the professional practice in the field of outdoor places, these questions are: 1.

Is it necessary to have an independent profession for the preparations of outdoor places? 2.

Which other fields can contribute to the preparation of outdoor places? Hence, the work presents a proposal for the name of the profession to be “environmental architecture”.

The paper introduces two backgrounds: scientific background, dealing with the academic level, and uplight practical background to explain the professional level as well to identify ways and possibilities to prepare the professional field of designing outdoor places.

The paper highly recommends two aspects: first, supporting the need for the profession as a special field for the preparation of outdoor places in natural and built environments; second, encouraging specialists in the architectural and urbanization fields to develop academic orientation in School of Architecture and Planning to propagate this field, as well as to create new departments colleges; firstly, to teach landscape architecture and secondly to prepare designing professionals to understand interaction between the field of landscape architecture and other fields of urbanization at practical level.